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Charles Robert Cockerell

1788 - 1863

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Charles Robert Cockerell (27 April 1788 – 17 September 1863) was an English architect, archaeologist and writer. While travelling in Greece he took part in the 1811 removal of the Temple of Aphaia’s pedimental sculptures on Aegina and the 1812 removal of the Bassae frieze, actions later described as plunder and antiquities smuggling. The Aphaia marbles were later acquired by Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria for the Glyptothek in Munich, and the Bassae frieze was purchased by the British Museum at a London auction in 1815. He studied architecture under Robert Smirke and embarked on an extended Grand Tour lasting seven years, mainly in Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Robert Cockerell is the 447th most popular architect (up from 452nd in 2019), the 4,196th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,042nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Charles Robert Cockerell ranks 447 out of 518. Before him are Jan Kotěra, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Leon Benois, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Vasily Bazhenov, and Johann Friedrich Höger. After him are Paolo Portoghesi, Julia Morgan, Kolyu Ficheto, Nikolay Lvov, Kiyonori Kikutake, and Ferdinand Boberg.

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Among people born in 1788, Charles Robert Cockerell ranks 57. Before him are Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker, Adoniram Judson, Károly Kisfaludy, and William Henry Smyth. After him are Sarah Goodridge, Prideaux John Selby, and Sarah Josepha Hale. Among people deceased in 1863, Charles Robert Cockerell ranks 50. Before him are Josephine Kablick, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Andrei Mureșanu, Michel Garicoïts, and Manuel Basilio Bustamante. After him are John F. Reynolds, Juan Francisco Giró, Juan Francisco de Vidal, Little Crow, Miguel de San Román, and Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Robert Cockerell ranks 4,197 out of 8,785. Before him are Benjamin Glazer (1887), Norman Hunter (1943), John Hoppner (1758), Callum Keith Rennie (1960), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), and Joseph Noel Paton (1821). After him are Demis Hassabis (1976), David Piper (1930), Antony Gormley (1950), Emma Thomas (1971), Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird (1847), and Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Charles Robert Cockerell ranks 32. Before him are John Douglas (1830), John Soane (1753), Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Edward Blore (1787), Frederick Catherwood (1799), and Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900). After him are Richard Knill Freeman (1840), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), and James Wyatt (1746).

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